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Who has your favorite budget build so far?! Please check out all the qualifying journals and pick your favorite. You've got 2 weeks to vote. Unfortunately, we have a few folks that missed the March update and are disqualified for the Q1 poll.

BAR...Y'all ready for the next contest?! After careful consideration and all your feedback (thanks btw), it is time to announce the change to the 2025 photo contests! We will now have 4 quarterly photo contests instead of the monthly. This gives you all more time to work on getting the best...

BAR Members, Next year, I won't be designated as the contest coordinator any longer. Moving forward it won't be a designated title. We will instead attempt to organize contests collectively. Current grow out contests will be ending soon. Should we start planning and organizing another grow...

December Contest Details: Submit the best reef related picture you have! So it should be simple. Literally anything from your tank. This is the last contest of the year so I'm hopeful we will see lots of images submitted. Congrats again to @tribbitt for last month's awesome picture! Submit...

Hey BAR! Would any members be interested in having a meet up on December 28th to specifically drop off or pickup DBTC items? Would it be crazy to think of doing one of these every quarter or maybe monthly?! I was chatting with @Reefer Madness that also chatted with @Arvin R recently about how...

Review the Exhibition Guidelines Please go back to your original journal to add/edit equipment and livestock as things change throughout the year. Remember to keep a tally of your costs on your original post. COPY/PASTE the sample below into your journal so we can attempt to standardize the...

Attention BAR Members! Are you ready to test your reefing and budgeting skills in a friendly competition?! This is your chance to show off, earn bragging rights, and even win some prizes! Get creative and think of a way to join the fun of creating an amazing budget reef tank! This challenge...

Congratulations to @Alexx for winning last month's spooky themed Photo of the Month Contest! Based on the poll and your votes, this month's contest will be fish. Thank you all for your input. Please remember that these contests are for you and meant to have fun. So your opinions and input are...

BAR, we need your expertise! @a.little.hypertonic was fortunate enough to pick up a tank from @Srt4eric that @popper gave to the club! Thanks again gents! Plan for this tank is she wants a zoa paradise with some splashes of macro algae. Not sure how that's going to work with clean up crews...

Help me choose next month's Photo of the Month theme. I don't want folks to be discouraged in any way. Don't get hung up on picture quality or comparing yourself to other pictures that have won in the past.

Congrats again to last month's winner @derek_SR and his fantastic image of Walt Disney polyps! October Contest Details: Submit your best spooky reefing image! Get creative and do not over think it too much. Submit your picture to me via DM. Description of the coral species or common name...

Hey BAR! We recently approved the addition of an online photo/video storage plan for the club. This will be a separate repository to what we currently have associated with the forum server. We will be using Google Photos (One) for the storage. I'll be organizing the effort to acquire club...

Photo of the Month Contest is back! Congrats again to the last contest winner, @Reefer Madness with his funny starfish image September Contest Details: Submit your best close up image of a polyp(s) Submit your picture to me via DM. Description of the coral species or common name would be...

Congrats to last month's winner, @Don.Julio91 with this beautiful B&W image! June Contest Details: Submit your best humorous image. Do you have picture that makes you giggle? Give Submit your picture to me via DM and please give me some context to include with your picture. Description and...

Congrats to the previous month's winner, @Darkxerox with their amazing rainbow inspired image! Contest Details: Submit your best moody or B&W image. Get creative and have fun. Is it when natural sun hits a coral a certain way? Maybe it is a gloomy moonlight mood before the lights go out...

Congrats to @Srt4eric for the March contest win! This image could have won this month's theme! Contest Details: Submit your best image full of the rainbow colors of Spring! It could be your tank, a coral, multiple corals, fish, or all of the above. Submit your pic to me via DM You can win up...

March 2024 Picture of the Month Contest! Thanks to everyone that took part by either submitting a photo or voting last month. Congratulations again to @Klems with last month's win Contest Details: Submit an image that you took of something green in your tank. Submit your pic to me via DM...

There are still many details to get squared away, but get yourself on the list as a participant ASAP! I'm working diligently on organizing a fun and thorough contest for you all. READ THE RULES CAREFULLY & CHOOSE YOUR FRAG SPOT WISELY! This contest is a friendly competition to see whose tank...

EDIT: 9/22/24 - BC Adam Bomb name removed from description - We are certain their was a mistake made and PC Rainbow, or similar, was the actual coral that was handed out. There are still some details to get squared away, but get yourself on the list as a participant ASAP! I'm working diligently...

February 2024 Picture of the Month Contest! I hope you all enjoyed last month's whirlwind contest! Thanks to everyone that took part by either submitting a photo or voting. Congratulations again to @iani with this awesome bounce Jawbreaker mushroom! Let's get more submissions and voters...